diesel-electric diesel-driven • diesel-engined · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · diesel-electric · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 15 · · Length Definitions · · · (noun) a locomotive driven by the electric current generated by a diesel engine. Synonyms: diesel-electric locomotive. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · diesel-electric locomotive · · Synonym 1 Characters · · - hyphen-minus U+002D c latin small letter c U+0063 d latin small letter d U+0064 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 l latin small letter l U+006C r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074